---
type: "Bill"
title: "require a convicted defendant to reimburse the cost of digital forensic examination fees."
description: "require a convicted defendant to reimburse the cost of digital forensic examination fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 15"
citation: "South Dakota SB 15 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Defense", "Criminal Procedure", "Fees", "Fund"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Blare", "Chaffee", "Deutsch", "Diedrich", "Drury", "Duffy", "Duhamel", "Fitzgerald", "Hoffman", "Jensen (Phil)", "Johnson", "Kolbeck (Steve)", "Koth", "Kull", "Massie", "Mehlhaff", "Moore", "Novstrup", "Otten (Ernie)", "Perry", "Pinnow", "Reed", "Rehfeldt", "Reimer", "Reisch", "Schoenbeck", "Tobin", "Tordsen", "Venhuizen", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2cc49a9-3fea-4f0b-94d8-0d2a096a991e"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24915"
source_hash: "25bba0c459188cbee3e68904ed2a08012ae8676a9f157e6dd1d827957b8e329c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sd"]
---

# South Dakota SB 15 (2024) — require a convicted defendant to reimburse the cost of digital forensic examination fees.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24915/257373)
2. **15B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/260386.pdf)
3. **15C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/260436.pdf)
4. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24915/260728)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24915/266218)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Reconsidered — **29–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **17–16** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **29–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **4–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Blare — primary (person)
- Chaffee — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Drury — primary (person)
- Duffy — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Kolbeck (Steve) — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Massie — primary (person)
- Mehlhaff — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pinnow — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Rehfeldt — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)
- Tordsen — primary (person)
- Venhuizen — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-09** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 20 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2024-01-16** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-17** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 98 Amendment 15B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-17** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 16 S.J. 98
- **2024-01-17** Intent to reconsider , Passed, S.J. 98
- **2024-01-18** Senate Reconsidered , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 3 S.J. 105
- **2024-01-18** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 106 Amendment 15C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-18** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 4 S.J. 106
- **2024-01-19** First read in House and referred to H.J. 94 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-21** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-21** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-02-22** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0 H.J. 375
- **2024-02-23** Signed by the President S.J. 405 `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 407 `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-27 S.J. 422 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-05** Signed by the Governor on 2024-03-05 S.J. 482 `executive-signature, executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2cc49a9-3fea-4f0b-94d8-0d2a096a991e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).